Shabby Chic

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The Scene – The main idea behind Shabby Chic is comfort. Refurbishing lived-in furniture with fresh new fabrics and creating new looks out of old styles. Though reupholstering and upgrading is more expensive than you might expect, the end results are almost irresistibly comfortable and appealing. – – The Goods – Shabby Chic (the aesthetic and the store) relies heavily on fabric, and you'll find yards and yards of it in this shop: fabric to liven up dressers, shelves, lamps and baby cribs. The art of slipcovers is absorbing, physically and psychologically. Sink into one…